Wednesday May 4, 2016 Guerneville CA.
Off to the dentist
I had a dentist appointment first thing this morning so I headed off to Forestville and got that done, mostly a cleaning and an adjustment. On the way home I did a bit of grocery shopping getting ready for my trip to Usal tomorrow.
Disappointing news
When I got home, I found an email from Jeff a guy up in Fort Bragg Steve knows saying the Usal road north that was supposed to be open May 2 was still locked up due to a slide on it that they haven’t removed yet. The website he referred me too said they would have it open May 20. Too late for me this trip.
So, I had to look at some maps of the area to figure out what to do to explore this trip as I was planning to go up that road. The only thing I can see is we will have to come out the south side and head over to highway 101 and go into Shelter cove at Garberville, which we will likely do.
New raspberry patch
I heard my brother’s tractor out back so I went out to have a look. He’s getting the ground ready for the new raspberry plants that are coming tomorrow, I think he said.
I checked back a little later when I saw him go by and he was installing the watering system to water the berry plants.
Enjoying the passage of time
I spent most of the rest of the day just sitting and puttering around in the yard, just enjoying the passage of time and thinking about what I need to get done for this trip and packing a bit too.
I walked by this old log and checked out the roses.
These pink ones were looking nice.
It’s not the roses
Now, looking at the picture below, you might think I was interested in the roses and I was, but I was most interested in the small green plums in the green leaves as I eat these things in this state. 
This particular plum was brought back from the Lake Sonoma area in 1986 as it is not bitter or very sour in this state and it sweetens up quick before it actually gets ripe. It also has a nice crunch to it. I’ve propagated this plum tree all over my yard now with several off shoot varieties that started from the seeds.
So that’s what I did today.
I will leave for the Usal Creek area in the Lost Coast area tomorrow where there is no internet access, but if we come out to highway 101, I might find some, but don’t count on it, so I might be gone for a week or so.
